Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Three Months Home!!

We are following the journey 
of another
family...

who is currently at the same orphanage
as Hannes was.

We know of two more families 
coming for children
at the same orphanage 
later this summer.

The family who is there now
is just about finished.
They have had court,
they have gotten their paperwork,
they will soon be leaving the orphanage for the last time,
and their son will be leaving forever,
they will soon be going to Kiev,
they will do the US Embassy paperwork,
and will be coming home
in the next week or two.

It all feels so familiar....
so recent...
so much like our experience...

It's hard to believe we have been home
for three months!!


Hannes is a delight!

He is curious
He is adventuresome
He is exploring everywhere
He loves to walk all over the house
He loves to be outside
He loves the water
He loves his brothers and sisters
He is precise
He is purposeful
He is learning
and growing
all
the
time

Our hearts are full!


 

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Sunday afternoons - we are Blessed...

Sunday afternoons are for...

 ...fun with the little ones...

...smiles and smiles...

In Him we live and move and have our being.
Acts 17:28


We are so grateful for this life and these children that God has given us.


Nate and Diana
Lydia and Jason
Jacob
Julia
Hannes
We are SO Blessed!
 


This love, this love is the deep kind!!



I’ve never felt this way before
funny how you found you’re way to my door   
and suddenly my prayers are coming true
and these arms are not letting go of you

this love this love is the deep kind
you’re my baby, you’re my sunshine
I’ll hold your hand, be your biggest fan
and I’ll love you all of the time

our eyes are not quite the same shade
and your hair blows in the wind a different way 
but I am your mother and 
I love you just the same 
so I’ll take your hand honey 
and you can take my name

my heart has been redeemed,
adopted and now I know my Father
this grace that I’ve received 
I want to show you
I want to show you

this love this love is the deep kind
it hangs on through the storm and the sunshine
I’ll hold your hand, be your biggest fan
and I’ll love you all of the time

Friday, June 14, 2013

Saying Yes





"It's the tiny moments of saying yes that make for 

an extraordinary life"



Katie Davis

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

We have a dancer!!



We have a Ballerina...

She eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet.

Everything she knows
she has learned
from
the show
Angelina Ballerina.

I think we have Ballet lessons in our future...

Friday, June 7, 2013

Life with Hannes







 He is so fun to be with!


He is making so many great strides...

So fun to watch him grow and change...

We are loving
Life with Hannes...

Have a great weekend!